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This journal publishes papers involving optical communication networks. Coverage includes network and system technologies; network and system architectures; network access and control; network design, planning, and operation; interworking; and application design for an optical infrastructure

This journal publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed papers presenting research results, major achievements, and trends involving all aspects of optical network communications.

Among the topics explored are transport, access, and customer premises networks; local, regional, and global networks; transoceanic and undersea networks; optical transparent networks; WDM, HWDM, and OTDM networks and more.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Byrav Ramamurthy
Impact factor
1.7 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.9 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
110 days
Downloads
37,448 (2023)

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Electronic ISSN
1572-8188
Print ISSN
1387-974X
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ACM Digital Library
  2. Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  3. Baidu
  4. CLOCKSS
  5. CNKI
  6. CNPIEC
  7. Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology
  8. DBLP
  9. Dimensions
  10. EBSCO
  11. EI Compendex
  12. Google Scholar
  13. INSPEC
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Naver
  16. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  17. Portico
  18. ProQuest
  19. SCImago
  20. SCOPUS
  21. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  22. TD Net Discovery Service
  23. UGC-CARE List (India)
  24. Wanfang
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